Minnesota COVID-19 positivity lowest since July Roughly one in 50 Minnesotans have completed two-dose series of COVID-19 vaccine. February 3, 2021 11:50am Text size Copy shortlink:
Minnesota s positivity rate of diagnostic COVID-19 testing dropped to 4.3%, the lowest rate since July 1 that underscores the state s opportunity to vaccinate more people at a low point in the pandemic.
The decline was reported by the Minnesota Department of Health on Wednesday along with 24 more COVID-19 deaths and 669 newly diagnosed infections with the novel coronavirus that causes the disease. The rate, an average of testing results in the seven days ending Jan. 25, represents a sharp decline from a peak of 15.5% on Nov. 10.
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Clinical lead Jeanne Schumache held up a VanishPoint syringe that allows them to get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as she was preparing them to be administered to people with appointments Thursday, jan. 28, 2021 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
Clinical lead Jeanne Schumache held up a VanishPoint syringe that allows them to get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as she was preparing them to be administered to people with appointments Thursday, jan. 28, 2021 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
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Minnesota is now reporting 447,610 people have received first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, almost eclipsing the total of 463,132 people who have tested positive for the infectious disease.
The latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Health on Tuesday include 633 more infections with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and eight more deaths. The state s death toll in the pandemic is now 6,210.
State health officials offered cautious optimism in Minnesota s response to the pandemic and its rollout of the two-dose vaccines against COVID-19. A total of 116,928 people in Minnesota have now received both doses mostly health care workers and long-term care residents who were prioritized.
Gov. Tim Walz announced a series of changes to vaccine distribution efforts on Monday after questions of the state's pace and heavy demand for a community vaccination program last week crashed a website and angered many people who could not get through.